JUDGMENT :

Defendants 1 to 3 and 6 in the suit have come up in the Second Appeal challenging the concurrent findings of the courts below in granting the relief of declaration, recovery of possession and mesne profits to the plaintiffs/respondents 1 and 2 herein.

2. The case of the plaintiffs is as under:-

The suit property and an adjacent property originally belonged to one Subbaian Chettiar, the grandfather of the plaintiffs having been purchased by him through a registered sale deed dated 27.11.1951. He died on 22.8.1987. The plaintiffs' father Sarkarairaj predeceased him on 24.4.1984. In the partition between the legal heirs of Subbaian Chettiar vide partition deed dated 10.10.1997, the suit property was allotted to the plaintiffs and their brother Babu. The said Babu passed away on 23.10.2007 leaving his wife Meena as his legal heir. Subsequently, in a partition deed dated 31.1.2008 among the plaintiffs and the said Meena, she had relinquished her right over the suit property in favour of the plaintiffs. One Sangili, husband of the first defendant and father of defendants 2 to 7 was a tenant in the suit property. He passed away on 3.8.2006 and after his demise, his legal heirs sto